Answer: Legal/financial assistance is provided to Indian women abandoned/ cheated / abused by their Overseas Indian/PIO or foreign spouses (up to seven years after their marriage.
Answer: The assistance will be limited to US$ 3000 per case for developed countries and US$ 2000 per case for developing countries.
Answer: The Indian Women’s Organizations / Indian Community Associations / NGOs will make efforts to enlist community advocates, preferably women advocates, to extend further legal assistance / appearance in court etc on a pro-bono basis
Answer: Yes, your case is eligible for both legal as well as financial assistance.
Answer: The domicile of the Indian woman seeking relief under the Scheme is not relevant for allowing the benefit. The woman may be domiciled in the country of her overseas Indian / foreigner husband or in India at the time of making the application.
Answer: You need to contact the “First Point of Contact” of the nation in which your husband died.
Answer: The list of NGOs who have assisted such Indian women can be found at this link: https://www.mea.gov.in/images/attach/data_legal_financial_assistance_01_08_2016.pdf
Answer: The criteria for empanelment of NGOs under the scheme can be found at - https://www.mea.gov.in/images/pdf/empanelment-ngo-under-scheme.pdf
